Long Pine Creek
Long Pine Creek is a 37.14-mile-long (59.77 km) fourth-order tributary of the Niobrara River in Brown and Rock Counties, Nebraska. It was named for the dense pine trees along its banks. The creek rises on the Calamus River divide in the Nebraska Sandhills about four miles north-northeast of Hofeld Lake in Brown County and flows generally north-northeast into Rock County to join the Niobrara River about three miles west-southwest of Riverview.
The Long Pine Creek watershed covers about 437.21 square miles (1,132.4 km2). It receives about 23.0 inches (58 cm) of precipitation per year and is about 3.96% forested. The creek runs through Long Pine State Recreation Area, a 153-acre park.
At the mouth where it enters the Niobrara River, Long Pine Creek has an average discharge of about 179 cubic feet per second (5.07 m3/s). The source elevation is around 2,547 feet (776 m) and the mouth is about 2,008 feet (612 m). Left tributaries include Willow Creek and Bone Creek; right tributaries include Spring Branch and Short Pine Creek.
Bridges crossing Long Pine Creek include S. Pine Avenue (two bridges), N Kyner Road, US 20, Bar 25 Road, and 889th Road. The Niobrara River flows into the Missouri River, which then flows into the Mississippi River and finally into the Gulf of Mexico.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 02:12 (CET).